Leyla Hanım was born (date unknown) in Istanbul. Her father was Moralızâde Hâmid Efendi and her mother was Hadîce Hanım.[1] She was educated by the father of poet Mehmed Fuad Pasha, Mehmed Fuad Pasha, who was also a poet and writer. Leyla experienced a brief marriage which resulted in divorce.[1] She died in 1848. As a member of the Mevlevi Order, she is buried at the Galata Mevlevihanesi.
After Leyla's divorce, she started writing poetry collected in a diwan. She experimented with various forms of poetry. After her father died she wrote odes in the Iran tradition of ghazal.[2]
